Tag: africa
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The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried in absentia in for the murder of Thomas Sankara, one of Africa’s most revered post-independence leaders who… more ›
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Processes of historical reinvention tend to accompany moments of great economic and social transformation, such as the one that we’re living through at the moment. They produce a new historical… more ›
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There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now. As a wet winter gives way to spring, Lisbon’s Campo das Cebolas square is… more ›
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Two new books reflect on how the cartographies of power are being redrafted in the twenty-first century. As Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro demonstrate in China Goes Green, the emergent… more ›
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The lives of digital platform workers and sellers have been impacted by COVID-19 in surprising and varied ways. Here, 11 young people earning a living on platforms in Kenya, Nigeria,… more ›
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During the police brutality protests in Nigeria in October, bitcoin saved the day when the government shut out protesters from using local payment platforms for collecting donations to support it.… more ›
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With years of public investment and plenty of penetration for its phone makers, China is well placed to establish a digital currency in Africa. Since the mid 2000s, China has… more ›
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Project Loon Balloon-Powered Internet for Everyone Learn more Visit the X Blog Malta: Using Salt to Store Energy Learn more Foghorn: Fuel From Seawater Learn more Tour the X Campus… more ›
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Information manipulation is not a new phenomenon, but it has taken on an entirely new dimension because of the unprecedented capacity of the internet and social networks to diffuse information… more ›